ABSTRACT

Voices of the Massachusetts General Hospital 1950-2000 contains revealing quotations, intimate and previously untold stories of many of the physicians, nurses and other clinicians who dedicated themselves to the pursuit of excellence on behalf of their patients and families, their colleagues and the world beyond the hospital.  What started as an email solicitation for stories and anecdotes turned into a moving and instructive portrait of the daily life of a storied institution in the last half of the 20th century.

part |17 pages

PATIENT CARE

chapter |21 pages

SIGN LANGUAGE

part |50 pages

TEACHING AND TRAINING

chapter |2 pages

THE MGH ANESTHESIA INTERVIEW

ByGilles Chambob, MD

chapter |1 pages

THE MGH SURGICAL INTERN INTERVIEW

ByMelvin R. Platt MD

chapter |2 pages

WHAT, YOU DID NOT GO TO HARVARD?

ByJames Callison, MD

chapter |6 pages

THE INTERN'S STEP

ByPeter G. Barrett MD

chapter |3 pages

NEUROSURGICAL WISDOM

chapter |21 pages

A LONG DAY

ByWillard M. Daggett MD

chapter |1 pages

THE 9PM MEAL

ByAlice Chen-Plotkin MD

chapter |1 pages

STRONG WORK

chapter |3 pages

IT'S NOT THE SUTURE

chapter |4 pages

CMF

ByRobert H. Ackerman MD

chapter |1 pages

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

ByAustin L. Vickery Jr. MD, Robert E. Scully MD

chapter |4 pages

REINVENTION

chapter |14 pages

RESEARCH

part |26 pages

MGH VALUES

chapter |7 pages

"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY."

ByMichael E. Pacold MD PhD

chapter |1 pages

THE GRAND DAME OF FRUIT STREET

BySamuel O. Thier MD

chapter |13 pages

SURGICAL TRAINING

ByAndrew L. Warshaw MD

chapter |4 pages

THE BAKER BRICK

ByLloyd Axelrod MD, Stephen P. Dretler MD